STEM in Society History Minor/Certificate
Interested in STEM fields? Find out how science, technology, engineering and environment, medicine and quantification have shaped the world we live in today!
The new STEM in Society minor/certificate bridges humanities and the sciences to
- examine how and why science, technology and engineering, environment, medicine and quantification have changed from the ancient world to the present day
- consider how this past matters to the present and future, from both American and global perspectives
- reveal what is often hidden in 21st-century understandings of STEM: behind scientific discovery, technical innovation, and medical advancement is a complex history of successes, failures, controversies, and unintended ecological consequences
The STEM in Society minor is especially well suited for undergraduates in SAS, Engineering, SEBS, Biomedical and Health Sciences, the Bloustein School, and SCI.
Requirements: 6 courses for the minor and 5 courses for the certificate. No prior History coursework is necessary.
If you are interested in pursuing the STEM in Society Certificate, please complete the pdf Declaration Form (47 KB) and submit it to Anuja Rivera in Van Dyck Hall, Room 111 or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please note that the Declaration Form is only being accepted via email at this time.
Take cutting-edge courses on histories of science, technology/technoscience, environment/envirotech, and health, including:
506:226 Contemporary Challenges in International Health
506:227 Health, Culture, and Society
506:233 History of the Future
506:247 The Seas around Us: Ocean History in Global Perspective
506:249 Climate Politics: A Deep History
506:250 Science, Collecting, and Power
506:251 Science and Society
506:252 History of Technology and Society I
506:253 History of Technology and Society II
506:254 History of Oil
506:255 Science, Nature, and Empire
506:321 Disease in History
506:322 Black Death and Obesity Epidemic: History of Public Health in the West
506:324 History of AIDS Pandemic
506:325 Living on the Edge: Human Societies in Extreme Environments
508:255 Global Environmental History
508:328 History of Health and Healing in Africa
508:364 Environmental History of Latin America
510:248 The Last Climate Crisis: Histories of "The Little Ice Age" c. 1300-1800
512:121 Health and Environment in the U.S
512:210 Food in the United States and the World
512:221 Abortion: The Collision of History, Law, Religion, Medicine, and Human Rights in the 20th and 21st Centuries
512:230 History of Medicine in Film
512:229 History of Medical Ethics
512:235 Accidents & Disasters in the US & the World
512:237 Data: A Social History
512:321 Health Care and Society in the US
512:322 Drugs: A Social History
512:323 History of the North American Environment
512:324 History of the North American Environment
512:329 Technology & Nature in American History
880:210 The Edison Effect: Technological Innovation in American Culture
880:212 Science and Dollars: The Business of Innovation Since the Age of Edison
Contact STEM in Society faculty advisors to learn more:
Professor James Delbourgo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Professor Jamie Pietruska This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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